6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler at the 2010 March Metro Detroit tasting. Poured a cleasr light brown with an off-white head. Aroma had a nice grain aroma, but it was a bit one note. Full of nice malt flavor, but again it was quite note.
Tried
from Growler
on 29 Mar 2010
at 20:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma had notes of candied sugar, floral and apple notes. Flavor had some darker notes, but still some sugar with darker fruits and a touch of alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2010
at 13:03
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a cloudy gold with minimal head. Aroma was mainly pine with a hint of citrus. Flavor was more one note with pine throughout.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2010
at 12:51
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 Indiana Winterfest. Poured a light cloudy gold with a white head. Aroma was mainly malty with an undertone of sour apple. Flavor was full of grain malts and just a hint of apple with a little sour note.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2010
at 12:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the 2010 Indiana WInterfest. Poured a hazy gold with a white head. Aroma had a nice combo of rye malts and citrus hops. Flavor began with citrus notes and then finished with a combination of pine and rye malt notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2010
at 12:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
tap at the brewery - Pours hazy copper with an off-white, lacing head. The aroma has some citrus hops. The flavor has good hops intensity with slight citrus undertones. I’m looking for a bit more malt profile to complement it though.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2010
at 11:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
tap at the brewery - Pours a medium brown color with an off-white head. The aroma is dominated by the coffee. The coffee goes fairly well with the flavor. It’s not a real strong coffee flavor but it’s still pretty dominate because the caramel malt profile is mild. It’s light to medium bodied with some mild hops and a finish that leaves lingering coffee flavors.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2010
at 11:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
tap at the brewery - Pours lightly hazy copper with an off-white head. The aroma is mainly caramel malt. I didn’t get much in the way of aromatic hops. The flavor has plenty of bittering hops. The hops profile has the earthiness similar to the previous Sun King brews I tasted, but more intense of course. It’s medium bodied and could use more malt character.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2010
at 11:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
tap at the brewery - Pours light amber-brown with an off-white head. It was a very distinct caramel malt aroma. The flavor is caramel malt and some mild, earthy hops. It’s light bodied and overall a little milder than I’d like in a Scottish ale. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2010
at 11:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
tap at the brewery - Pours hazy yellow-brown with a lingering off-white head. Smells of citrusy esters and crab apple. It tastes of wheat malt, some earthy hops that linger, and a little sourness, presumably from the crab apples. It’s okay, but not really my thing. Someone else sampling beers when I was there told me I had to try the crab apple wit, it was great. So as usual, I guess YMMV.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2010
at 10:54